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The Five Judges
Who decides whether a technology moves from research to PoC, joint R&D and market — and where does the handover still break?
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Editor-in-Chief Dawn Chang, Ph.D. International Relations & East Asia Studies
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When Industry Needs a Public Institute
Public institutes reduce technical risk. Companies decide what comes next.
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The Scale-up Scientist
Inside battery black-mass recycling, what deep-tech scale-up must prove before reaching production.
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From Research to Industrial Proof
How research evidence becomes pilot-ready when funding, ownership and responsibility align — and why even a signed contract does not end the burden.
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The Infrastructure Few Companies Can Build Alone
How shared research infrastructure turns laboratory results into evidence that partners across borders can compare, trust and use.
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The Bridge Builder
Why promising technology still needs translation before cross-border collaboration can begin.
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Good Technology Does Not Cross Borders on Its Own
For STEM researchers exploring Korea, KIST appears in Seoul, at UST, and in Saarbrücken. Follow those three coordinates to see how research capability becomes cross-border collaboration.
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What Comes After the University Lab?
For STEM students and young researchers considering Korea, public research institutes reveal a world of strategic technologies, advanced facilities and research beyond the university campus.
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Korea’s Research Arbitrage: Why Foreign Gen Z Scientists May Still Come
Korea is not the easiest research destination. But in a world shaped by U.S.–China rivalry, supply-chain blocs, and stricter Western research controls, Korea may still offer strategic upside for foreign Gen Z scientists who know how to navigate labs, visas, industries, and language.
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Women in Korean STEM: Where the Pipeline Leaks
Korea’s STEM system can widen entry for women, but authority moves more slowly. For foreign women researchers, Korea is not automatically risky or attractive. It depends on the lab’s senior ratio, power structure, and transparency.
Korea Can Bring Researchers Back. Can It Make Them Stay?
Korea can bring researchers back through Brain Pool, BP+, and fast-growing fields. But returning diaspora researchers reveal a harder test: whether lab culture, funding structures, and quality of life make people stay.
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Who Owns the Lab Technology? Korea’s Missing Bridge to Startups
Korea’s labs produce papers, patents, and deep-tech ideas. But turning them into startups requires IP rights, equity control, capital, and visa fit — a bridge foreign founders must negotiate carefully.